Steven Cuevas

Lt. Mark Hargrove slowly steers an SUV across Reception Center West at the California Institution for Men. Reception Center West features an open field lined with eight wooden barracks.

Rumors of violence swirled for days before the riot exploded inside the Chino prison’s Reception Center West.

State investigators are launching a probe of inmate treatment at the California Institution for Men in Chino. The Office of the Inspector General investigation of the prison comes in response to information uncovered by KPCC that inmates were held outdoors for days at a time, because of the prison’s lack of bed space.

Memorial plans are in the works for an influential California musician who left an indelible mark on music as a member of Janis Joplin’s band. Guitarist James Gurley died of heart failure over the Christmas holiday.

More than a thousand members of a little known branch of Islam are gathering this weekend in Chino. The annual retreat is a time for Ahmadiyya Muslims to reaffirm beliefs that some consider heretical.

San Bernardino County authorities are on the hunt for a man and a woman wanted for allegedly torturing a 5-year-old boy.

Music fans across the globe are rejoicing! Tickets for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music Festival are now on sale - even though it's not clear who'll be in the show.

State prison officials today released details regarding a long and bloody riot at a state prison in Chino last August. More than 200 inmates were injured in the violence at the California Institution for Men – or CIM.

An investigation into political corruption may have wiped out nearly the entire San Jacinto City Council. Four of the city’s five council members have been charged with money laundering, bribery, perjury, and other crimes.

A white supremacist group plans to stage an anti-illegal immigration rally in Riverside this weekend. It’s the second one held by members of the Detroit-based National Socialist Movement in the past month. Police broke up the first rally after the group clashed with hundreds of counter-protesters.

Authorities in San Bernardino County have filed murder and arson charges against a man believed responsible for starting the Old Fire back in 2003. It burned more than 90,000 in the San Bernardino National Forest, destroyed hundreds of homes, and led to several deaths.

Rain is also expected over the San Bernardino Mountains. Recent wildfires there scorched about 10,000 acres of forest land. Crews contained one of those fires just a few days ago. KPCC’s Steven Cuevas says there hasn’t been much time to prepare for possible mudslides.